If you want people to get to know your work, you need to ah e one fixed company name.

In your Direct Mail postcards, do you vote for a branded postcard, with your branded website following the specific design language of your brand, or do you vote for the handwritten non-branded personal postcard coming from the concerned rich neighbor down the street?

Full time educator that runs her other real estate school- Brokerage has own app where we store training videos and guest speakers from our events- Mentoring program for new agents to shadow experienced agent- Brokerage creates template personal site for me- 2 education classes/month via Zoom- 1 Sales meeting/month for education & motivation- 1 meeting/month on technology use, a staff member that deals with IT needs- 70/30 Split- $355 Annual Office desk due- 2% Transaction fee- No lead production, produce own leads, repeat & referral- 223 current & pending listings- Have had new agents close 20 homes in first year and other only 6 homes; variesBrokerage C:- This is Keller Williams, so probably pretty standard and y'all are familiar with them, I'm sure- Within my region: Own 12% of all inventory; 600 to 900 active listings and closed just under 3,500 homes last yearBrokerage D:- 21 agents in local office- Momentum Program for training- 95% commission paid on a transaction, fees included but you choose how much you want to spend (private office/shared office/WFH office,- Brokerage does not provide leads but can obtain leads from sister brokerage, no cost- Currently 82 listings, 50 active, states it is currently a seller's market- Goal is to sell at least $2,000,000 per year- Average sale price for last 90 days (8 properties) is $260,400Brokerage E:- Training videos available- Weekly sales meetings- Ninja sales training 2-3/month with Q/A's- Offer a one-on-one mentorship program for new agents- Mentor and I would split commission 50/50 first couple of transactions or when I'm ready to go solo- Lesser degree mentorship for 75/25 commission- $46.50/month Brokerage fees Plus $25/month on E's&O's- Own website on brokerage webpage for $10/month- 70/30 Commission split; 95/5 for sale milestones- Once you pass $5M in sales, you're still on 70/30 split until you pay out brokerage $20,000, which in turn split becomes 95/5- 3% broker fee each transaction with $3,000 cap- Can provide leads by signing and paying up for different things (ICC/OPCity/Buyside)- 255 active listingsBrokerage F:- Extensive 6 week onboarding process for training- No monthly fees; biz cards/signs/lockboxes/marketing all paid for- Provides leads- 2 CRMs that hold database of your clients- Usually 100 listings at any given time, lower now because of Covid- Minimal standard to remain with company is 24/year.

You really need to talk to your tax advisor Has it stayed on your schedule E for the entire time?

Right now I am looking into a structure like this:-Borrow from an individual with an IRA -> convert to a SDIRA-Make loan interest and principle payable at the end of term (because it's an IRA)-Structure similar to a construction loan with monthly drawdowns of about $5k for the highest probability of success with direct mail-Possibility for an equity component: pledge a percentage of profit along with normal interest in the promissory note (a joint venture)Would this be attractive to a potential investor considering I am wholesaling in California and the average fee is $15k-$20k on the lower end?

@Dalyn HazelI agree with Barry.If you are spending time driving around for d4$ and you find one distressed may as well mail them.

If the owner's statement is mailed to another address, it will be listed here.  

ListSource seems decent BUT direct mail has such a low open rate I don't want to do that.

If you use e-recording, they are getting scanned in after a few weeks, but I don't think they are getting mailed.

Hey Andrey,Absentee owners are owners whose mailing address is different than the property address.